Sharp County record., 1887-07-28
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souls. After two persons havs /!
gether forty Or fifty wears. ..s IVY n
them is taken way, what desolsg sg1 @
1 shall not forget the crv % NJ.
Rev. DR.. De Witt, Of New Yors @s
stood by the open grave of II. We
wife, and after the obseouies p bas IN
he locked down into the omen I NJ.
said: F'@~
Farewell, my houored, fai,..,
Beloved wife. The bond that boTrss
severed. Thou art in glory a,5 s
here on earth. We shall meat
Farewelli Farewellp ~,
To lean on g prop for fifty vs,u
then have it break under youl
were only two years difference h..
the death of my father and motbs, 4
my mothers decease, nv father ~
go around as though looking a. :
thing; he would often get up IN. 4
room, without any seeming rea,s' i
90 to another room; and then !. "A
take his cane and start out and mn. J
would say: I
"Father, where are you goingr Z
He would answer: 81 don't KIM, !,
actly where l am going"
Always looking for some thing II.
he was a tender-hearted man. 7 i
saw him cry but once, and that ", A
the burial of my mother. Afte, ,R
years living together it was hard IA R
And there are aged people tO.dsv u
are feeling just such pain as that y
to tell them there is perfect encbart,o =
in the promises of the Gospel ;andI ~ y
to them and offer them my arm, wIs :
their arm, and | bring them to hid,
pei we'll. Sit down, father Or motts = !
down. See if there is any thing :
we'll for you. Come, David, the Fs,
have you any thing encouraging 70
theml ID
"Yes," says the Psalmist: le
They shall still bring forth fruit ha III
they shall be fat and fourishing. to ,s7 o
the Lord is upright. He is my rock, and !,
no unrighteousness in me. =,
Come, Isaiah, have you any thingers
out of your prophecies for these a,
peoplel A
"Yes," says Isaiah.
Down to old age am with thee, andbtt
hairs will 1 carry thee. I
Well, if the Lord is going to carTA ,
you ought not to worry much about Q
failing eyesight ald failing limbs o,
get a little worried for fear than,
time you will come 10 want, dOyul "
children and grand-chL dren sOms "
speak a little sharp at you bealns
your ailments. The Lord will not d
sharp. Do you think you wild
to wantl Who do you think The Leie
Are his granaries emptyl Will IA
the raven and the rabbit and The Hi
the desert and forget you Q
naturalists tell US that the porpCslil
not forsake its wounded and sick ri)i'
And do you suppose the Lord Of ere
and earth has not as much symF-s
the fish of the seal But you say Is
so near worn out, and l am otMra
God any more.n Vn
Think the Lord knows whetherTtlt
of any more use or not; fyou wsnt
more use he would have taken yol Iee
this. Do you think God has iaT'
you because he has taken care sk
seventy or eighty yearsi BE thiIH a' !
of you to-day than he ever did oe
you think more of Him. May hs6he
Abraham, and Isaac, Jacob, and aae
aged, be your God forever. u
But l gather all the promises % =
a group, and ask the Shepherds 81
their fiocks of lambs and sheep y
sparkling supply. 10
Behold, happy is the man whom q -
recteth. ~
Though he cause grief, yet will lhs hsAn
passion. =.
Many are the affiictions Of the rghh Nv
the Lord delivereth hirs out Of them q tn
Weeping may endure for ngni le
cometh in the morning, Tie
am determined this morning 1ey
one shall go out Of this house / !
forted. Yonder is timid and 'aaitt
soul who seems TO hide away n &c
cons ISOLATION | am uttering, as ao-loF
a sore hand hides away from ia til
clan lest he touch the wound too"b I
and the mother has to 60 and @-nt]
little patient to come out and see 10 |
sician. SO | come to your 70
shrinking soul to-day, and compa 't-l
come out in the presence OIL % po
physician. He will not hurt y K
has been healing wounds forns' I'm
and he will give you gentle anu ter
tent medicament. But people W. o
have trouble, go anywhere ra'nS y ]
God. It'll
De Quincy took opium to ge're
troubles. Charles Lamb TOOK pal
Theodore Hook took 10 ter
stronger. Edwin Forrest TOOK tai
cal dissipation. And men nav eri
around the earth, hoping IN yen
transit to get away from IIag
fortunes. 1t has been deA um
There IS only one well that eau tne
thirst of an afflicted spirit SnI led
the deep and inexhaustiole We /
Gospel. pa
But some one says in the audF eni
Notwithstanding all you nave ! al
morning, find no alleviaila yer
trou bles,u mI
Well, l am not through yet y 20
the most potent consideration !" ng
l am going to soothe you with Luz yea
Of Heaven. However talkatNs rcu
be, there will come a time sslo
stoutest and most emphatiO is'
ton will evoke from us no Sn' put
soon as we have closed o'lr ~ al
final silence, no power on ear'D' age
that taciturnity. III T.
But where, o Christian. WE u
SPIRIT In a scene Of innni'0 iuit
The spring morning Of HeaVen ~. !. .ue
blossoms in the bright air W. -
from battle showing Their ~ m 'on
rain Of earthly sorrow stru" ~ "so'
with the rain bow of eternal ~ soi
-, Cd "a tho ANGELS a5a on /